A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Themes
Slavery
Twain railed against slavery in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and showed no signs of slowing down in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The peasants in Arthur's time are present...
Foolishness and Folly
If we pick up nothing else from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, we're sure to understand that Arthur and his noble knights are a gang of rampaging idiots. In fact, everyone in England...
Patriotism
Connecticut is in the United States, and Hank is, first and foremost, an American. This means a lot of things in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: he believes in equality, he works hard,...
Society and Class
Hank spends a lot of time dealing with the differences between the nobility and the peasants in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Both groups of people drive him nuts, but in very differ...
Injustice
A lot of Arthur's world just ain't right… and Hank has had enough of what ain't right. Many of his adventures in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court center around the unjust treatment of...
Wisdom and Knowledge
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court constantly stresses how cool learning can be. Hank understands how to approach complex problems, sees the subtle details in economics and social standing...
Technology and Modernization
Technology is largely a symbol of Hank's knowledge, which is to say that he uses it as a means of improving the world around him—as the medieval world gains more and more technology, life improve...
The Supernatural
Superstition ain't the way, as Stevie Wonder tells us, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court does a great job of showing us why. Belief in magic, ogres, witchcraft, and devils creates fea...